Awards and Nominations
- Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book, 2006: The Patron Saint of Eels - shortlisted
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2006: The Patron Saint of Eels - winner
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds: A Novel - shortlisted
- Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, 2011: "The Neighbour's Beans" - joint inaugural winner
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